Vector Aerospace has over the past year continued to pursue certification of the crash-resistant fuel tank (CRFT) being developed with Robertson Fuel Systems LLC as a retrofit for the Airbus AS350/EC130 family of helicopters. Vector and Robertson have undertaken substantial testing of this safety enhancing technology, including both prototype hardware drop testing and computer aided design and simulation.  The two companies are designing the retrofittable CRFT to satisfy U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards for newly certified aircraft. The development of this crash-resistant fuel tank technology as a retrofittable upgrade for legacy helicopter types

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